PNPC Lt (jg) Kvash, Contact?

[Jennifer R. Povey]

(( USS Constitution - Holodeck ))

Kvash: I think you, Doctor, owe it an apology. D'Sena, does it have a sense of gender?

Really? She was supposed to apologize to a rock that she had no clue had sentience? Why did it take so damn long to show itself then? The doctor was of the opinion this was the rock's fault more than hers.

D'Sena: response

Perax: ::nodding:: It probably would be a good idea to apologize, even if we didn’t know.

D'Sena: response

Kvash: I don't feel comfortable calling a sentient being "it" unless it really doesn't have one.

Applegate: Really? You're asking me to apologize to a hunk of rock.

D'Sena: response

Kvash: And I have lots of questions I would love to ask...but if we're going to gain trust, we shouldn't be the ones *asking*.

Perax: Trust is gained by offering information and following through on statements and promises.

This. This was why she only wanted to work with artifacts. Doctor Applegate hated all this interpersonal relationship stuff. Trust and so forth. She didn't have to worry about all that when she was just sitting among the ruins taking pictures and sketching artifact positions.

D'Sena: response

Kvash: Meaning it's time to invite our friend here to ask questions of *us*.

Applegate: Can it communicate like that, D'Sena?

D'Sena: response

Leran stepped away from the group, but Kvash kept her focus on the group.

Applegate: I'm not a telepath so I'm just guessing here but it sounds like you're only getting impressions from it. Can it convey more complex ideas?

D'Sena: response

Kvash: I realize it's a challenge...but it feels as if it's only fair.

Tejan: response

Applegate: I'm just trying to understand what it would want to know about us outside of us being hostile or not.

D'Sena: response

Kvash: We can't determine that. Only it knows what it wants to know. But curiosity overcomes fear.

Tejan: response

Applegate: ::apologetically:: I haven't been part of a first contact situation before. Apologies if I sound like an idiot.

D'Sena: response

Kvash: I haven't been on the front lines of one either, although I did well on those modules.

Tejan: response

Applegate: We could do something simple and ask it what it's most curious about.

D'Sena: response

Kvash: That seems like a good place to start.

Tejan: response

At this point, Peran came back over.

D'Sena/Applegate/Tejan/Peran: Response

Kvash: I still am not entirely comfortable calling it it when we don't know what it wants to be called, but...

But they didn't. They were dealing with a non-humanoid exotic here that might not even have that many overlapping concepts, but which they needed to convince to put everyone back to normal.

D'Sena/Applegate/Tejan/Peran: Response

Kvash: Are you getting anything, D'Sena?

D'Sena/Applegate/Tejan/Peran: Response



Lt(jg) Kvash
Anthropologist
USS Constitution
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